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Paul Hille

Pyraminx · top 88.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008HILL02

Paul Hille has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 17.37, set at Zwolle Open 2017, puts him in the top 88.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,177th in the Netherlands. Across 15 competitions since November 2008, he has put 119 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:24.75 in November 2008 to 58.71, a 31% improvement. Paul has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 88.6% of 129,321 all-time
17.37
signature single · Zwolle Open 2017
119
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Pyraminx17.3728.05
top 88.6%1,177 / 1,283
2×214.8220.24
top 90.2%1,555 / 1,665
3×358.711:17.49
top 91.0%2,149 / 2,294

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Dutch Nationals 2008: 1:24.75Dutch Nationals 2009: 1:35.53NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 1:05.30Dutch Open 2011: 1:22.75Dutch Open 2012: 1:11.65Eindhoven Spring 2013: 1:21.06Amstelveen Open 2013: 1:12.72Dutch Open 2013: 1:12.27Dutch Nationals 2014: 1:19.70Dutch Nationals 2015: 1:12.05Dutch Open 2015: 1:11.34Dutch Open 2016: 58.71Zwolle Open 2017: 1:26.86Dutch Open 2017: 1:27.25Marathon Open 2017: 1:05.5858.711:35.5315 Nov 200816 Dec 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.